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The work is illustrated with William Richardson’s hand-coloured lithographs of trees shown in their native habitat or under cultivation in British gardens. The Pinetum Britannicum is regarded as a landmark publication on conifers, and both Napoleon III and Queen Victoria subscribed to its first edition Ravenscroft, Edward James (1816–1890).
The Pinetum Britannicum, a descriptive account of hardy coniferous trees cultivated in Great Britain.
Edinburgh and London: Ballantyne, Hanson & Company, for West. Blackwood & Sons, –1884. Hand-coloured lithographic plates by William Richardson, James Black, Ramakrishna Greville, and J. Wallace, lithographed by A. Murray, Robert Black, French
Schenk, J. M"Nab and M.T. Masters, 4 mounted albumen photographs by F. Mason, one lithographic plate of maps, and numerous wood-engraved text illustrations
This botanist is denoted by the author transcript Ravenscr. when citing a botanical name.
